Exodus 16:1–7

Yahweh Rains Bread from Heaven

¹Then they set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of ^aSin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on ^bthe fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.

²And the whole congregation of the sons of Israel ^agrumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

³And the sons of Israel said to them, “^aWould that we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, ^bwhen we sat by the pots of ¹meat, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to put this whole assembly to death with hunger.”

⁴Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, ^aI will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may ^btest them, whether or not they will walk in My ¹law.

⁵“^aNow it will be on the sixth day, they shall prepare what they bring in, and it will be twice as much as they gather daily.”

⁶So Moses and Aaron said to all the sons of Israel, “At evening ^1ayou will know that Yahweh has brought you out of the land of Egypt;

⁷and in the morning ¹you will see ^athe glory of Yahweh, for ^bHe hears your grumblings against Yahweh; and ^cwhat are we, that you grumble against us?”